Health
Preventive Service/Carlos Pueblo
One of the
phone messages while I was away was an
appointment from
my
physician’s office. I was not quite sure that I had had any before I left
Houston.
Actually, there is a new activity from the clinic to hold a medical
fair to
screen several tests for the patients. I call it a health preventive
service from
both the insurer and the clinic. I have had a chronic disease
, diabetics,
for 20 years and I welcome this aggressive approach of health
care.
Medical fair
just likes a regular medical examination, after weight high
Measurement,
follows blood pressure, then, I go to my first interview
with a
pharmacist. She encourages me to switch my drugstore to the
clinic’s new
established pharmacy. The second step is drawing some blood
, taking
urine sample, and a pneumonia shot. A young physician comes in
for additional
questions and checkup. She recommends me take baby
aspirin one
tablet a day. They all have read the questions which I have
answered
when I come in.
Final
examination is eye examination. The eye doctor, Ophthalmology,
gives me a
good recommendation for my left eye’s cataract removal.
I have my
right eye cataract removed. Cataract is very common for aging
people.
Disease
prevention is much better than treatment and this is why I like
the medical
fair. All personal take part in this are from both outside and
inside of
the clinic. The insurance group, health spring, sponsor the fair
and I
believe eventually the activity will be benefit both the patients and
the
insurance company, in my case is the medicare.
